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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.16.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 16: The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies. Brahmā directs the Devas to beget powerful helpers, their monkey-shaped sons inherit divine qualities and gather around Vālin & Sugrīva

In the sequence: they fight with rocks, trees, claws, and teeth and possess the strength to shake mountains, churn the sea, tear the earth, leap the ocean, and seize clouds

1.16.14

vicālayeyuḥ śailendrān bhedayeyuḥ sthirān drumān
kṣobhayeyuś ca vegena samudraṃ saritāṃ patim

They could shake the lordly mountains, split firm trees, and by their force churn up the ocean, lord of rivers.

Words: vicālayeyuḥ — they could shake; śailendrān — the lordly mountains; bhedayeyuḥ — they could split; sthirān — firm; drumān — trees; kṣobhayeyuś — they could churn up, agitate; ca — and; vegena — by force, swiftly; samudraṃ — the ocean; saritāṃ — of the rivers; patim — lord

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.